tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post4950265706476366115..comments2024-03-21T22:36:54.451-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: All Hallows' Eve Countdown: Mainstream GoreLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-12477945865219956762013-10-20T00:25:33.405-04:002013-10-20T00:25:33.405-04:00It's a big, big world out there. I can't t...It's a big, big world out there. I can't tell if people throw everything out there because they just don't care or they pretend to themselves that nothing bad can happen. There's never been something like the Web in history - ever - so I can see how there would be a good thirty years where most of the planet is obsessed with it, but are pretty much exploring without a roadmap, no headlights and no brakes.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-24184129477789723492013-10-18T08:20:05.342-04:002013-10-18T08:20:05.342-04:00I totally agree with you. And it does make it a sc...I totally agree with you. And it does make it a scary place. Have to sort of be careful where you step on the internet, because you just never know what's lurking behind that link. Some must get a huge thrill out of it, but me, it makes me wary.Wings1295https://www.blogger.com/profile/08045644215235749353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-53045667111525566662013-10-17T13:20:05.651-04:002013-10-17T13:20:05.651-04:00I hear you, Joe. It's too dark for me too! But...I hear you, Joe. It's too dark for me too! But I found it amazing that stuff this horrifying is so readily accessible, and that it is desensitizing those exposed to it. The Internet really is like the wild west. It can be dangerous, and much more 'real' than it initially appears. That was my main point - not just the shocking subject matter, but the fact that we have to diminish our sense of dislocation from what we see in the virtual world. <br /><br />There was always a sense that scary stories had some connection to reality. But the monster and reality have never been so close to one another. In the past (and still today), believers might go to a church and be frightened by talk of hell. And from the 18th -20th centuries, people might get a thrilling scare from a gothic novel, painting or movie. BUT hell was supposed to be another realm. You can put a Stephen King novel down. It's not real.<br /><br />The Internet is different: you can get way too close to true horror. Because it's virtual, Web content looks like the old scary stories. But it is transmitting the *real* thing that looks like the *fabled* thing. This creates a false sense of security. People think they can engage with this stuff and not be transformed by it. And they are misled by the false safety that they can turn the computer off.<br /><br />Those were some of the things I wanted to touch on in this post - in short - that we are responsible for the information we see. And whereas once things were hushed up, censored and hidden, now you can see almost anything. But people don't understand they are responsible for the knowledge they acquire, no matter how far 'out there' it is.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-71876001600428441222013-10-17T07:43:25.865-04:002013-10-17T07:43:25.865-04:00Too dark for me. I'll stick with the made up g...Too dark for me. I'll stick with the made up gore and mayhem caused by Jason and Michael.Wings1295https://www.blogger.com/profile/08045644215235749353noreply@blogger.com